| The Riot Act |
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| | | AUTHOR |
| | Tom Paulin
After 'Antigone' by Sophocles. |
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| | | Notes |
| | First performed in a double bill with 'High Time' by Derek Mahon (listed separately). |
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| | | Synopsis |
| | Thebes has endured a ruinous civil war as a result of the rivalry between two brothers - Polyneices and Eteocles. Each sought absolute power at the other's expense and each found death at his brother's hand. Creon, ruler and uncle of the two dead warlords, issues an edict that Eteocles be buried with military honours and that Polyneices be denied a final resting place. He makes a proclamation that anyone found burying Polyneices will be put to death. Antigone, sister of the two dead brothers, is prepared to pay that price. She is caught red-handed and sentenced to death by live entombment. She takes her own life and Haemon, her lover, crazed by her death, falls on his sword beside her.
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| | | PLAY TYPE |
| | Adaptation/Translation |
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| | | Number of Acts |
| | One Act |
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| | | Cast Size Male |
| | 6 |
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| | | Cast Size Female |
| | 3 |
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| | | Casting Notes |
| | In the original production members of the cast also played the chorus |
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| | | Date of First Production |
| | 19 September 1984 |
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| | | Production |
| | Produced by Field Day Theatre Company |
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| | | Venue Notes |
| | First performed at The Guildhall, Derry. |
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 | | | The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and published script. | |
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